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Bail Discretion

Bail Discretion is a judicial authority that enables a magistrate or judge to determine the conditions of pretrial release based on an assessment of flight risk, potential danger to the community, and the likelihood of court appearance, within the legal and procedural constraints governing bail decisions.

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2.4K

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80

Authors

58

Institutions

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2017–2026

13

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Publications

56

Racial Bias in Bail Decisions*

David Arnold, Will Dobbie, Crystal Yang · The Quarterly Journal of Economics · 2018 · 387 citations

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Remand for Plea. Bail Decisions and Plea Bargaining as Commensurate Decisions

Gail Kellough · The British Journal of Criminology · 2002 · 183 citations

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Bailing and jailing the fast and frugal way

Mandeep K. Dhami, Peter Ayton · Journal of Behavioral Decision Making · 2001 · 181 citations

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Optimal Bail Out Policy, Conditionality and Constructive Ambiguity

Xavier Freixas · SSRN Electronic Journal · 1999 · 117 citations · Full text

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Optimal Bail and the Value of Freedom: Evidence from the Philadelphia Bail Experiment

David Abrams, Chris Rohlfs · SSRN Electronic Journal · 2007 · 82 citations · Full text

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Authors

80

  1. SK
    Sue King

    University of South Australia, Australia

    3 publications · 50 citations

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  2. MK
    Mandeep K. Dhami

    University of Cambridge, United Kingdom

    3 publications · 254 citations

    3

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  3. JS
    John S. Goldkamp

    Temple University, United States

    3 publications · 97 citations

    3

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  4. DB
    David Bamford

    University of Huddersfield, United Kingdom

    3 publications · 50 citations

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  5. WD
    Will Dobbie

    Princeton University, United States

    3 publications · 479 citations

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Institutions

58

  1. City, University of London

    London, United Kingdom

    3 h-index

    5 publications

    453 citations

  2. Syracuse University

    Syracuse, United States

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    136 citations

  3. University of Pennsylvania

    Philadelphia, United States

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    136 citations

  4. University at Albany, State University of New York

    Albany, United States

    3 h-index

    4 publications

    110 citations

  5. William Carey University

    Hattiesburg, United States

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    115 citations

  6. Appalachian State University

    Boone, United States

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    57 citations

  7. University of Hull

    Hull, United Kingdom

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    44 citations

  8. Princeton University

    Princeton, United States

    2 h-index

    5 publications

    1K citations

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Venues

  1. SSRN Electronic Journal

    Repository · 8 publications · 291 citations

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  2. The British Journal of Criminology

    3 publications · 280 citations

    3

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  4. Criminal Justice Policy Review

    CJPR · 2 publications · 39 citations

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  5. Journal of Behavioral Decision Making

    2 publications · 199 citations

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